{"product_id":"critical-essays-collected-papers-volume-1-9780415485487","title":"Critical Essays: Collected Papers Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eGilbert Ryle was one of the most important and controversial philosophers of the Twentieth century. Long unavailable, \u003cem\u003eCritical Essays: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollected Papers Volume 1 \u003c\/em\u003eincludes many of Ryle's most important and thought-provoking papers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume contains 20 critical essays on the history of philosophy, with writing on Plato, Locke and Hume as well as important chapters on Russell and Wittgenstein. It also includes three essays on phenomenology, including Ryle's famous review of Martin Heidegger's \u003cem\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/em\u003e first published in 1928. Although Ryle believed phenomenology 'will end in self-ruinous subjectivism or in a windy mysticism' his review also acknowledged that Heidegger was a thinker of great originality and importance. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile surveying the developments in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic, Ryle sets out his own conception of the philosophers' role against that of his predecessors and contemporaries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTogether with the second volume of Ryle's collected papers \u003cem\u003eCollected Papers Volume 2 \u003c\/em\u003eand the new edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Concept of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, all published by Routledge, these outstanding essays represent the very best of Ryle's work. Each volume contains a substantial introduction by Julia Tanney, and both are essential reading for any student of twentieth-century philosophies of mind and language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGilbert Ryle\u003c\/strong\u003e (1900 -1976) was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysics and Fellow of Magdalen College Oxford, an editor of \u003cem\u003eMind\u003c\/em\u003e, and a president of the Aristotelian Society. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulia Tanney\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent, and has held visiting positions at the University of Picardie and Paris-Sorbonne. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gilbert Ryle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415485487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGilbert Ryle was born in England in 1900, one of ten children. In 1924 he was appointed to a lectureship at Christ Church College, Oxford where he was to remain for his entire academic career until his retirement in 1968. In 1945 he was elected to the Waynflete Chair of Metaphysical Philosophy. He was editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eMind \u003c\/em\u003efrom 1947 to 1971. A confirmed bachelor, he lived after his retirement with his twin sister Mary in the Oxfordshire village of Islip. Gardening and walking gave him immense pleasure, as did his pipe. He died on 6 October 1976 at Whitby in Yorkshire after a day's walking on the moors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44911728164979,"sku":"9780415485487","price":117.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d3f9a079-5edf-444c-881f-26cb895f2401.jpg?v=1777567790","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/critical-essays-collected-papers-volume-1-9780415485487","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}